Potato-feeling machine.



G. S. BLAKESLEE.

POTATO PEBLING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED Juno. 1910.

1 ,035,771. Patented Aug. 13,1912.

inaiTEio sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

l GEORGE S. BLAKESLEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

POTATO-PEELING MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent.

. Application led January 20, 1910. SeriaLNo. 539,144.

To all whom it, may concern Beitknownthat I, GEORGE S. BLAKES- LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing a-tvChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Potato-Peeling Machines, lofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to the accom panyingl drawings.

My Invention relates to potato'npeelersi and it has for itsobject to provideajnew andimproved machine by which potatoes may be expeditiously and effectively peeled without excessive waste, and\which will be .with an abrasive surface. lchine heretofore constructed of this type,

cheapand substantial 1n construction. I accomplish this object as illustrated in the .drawings and' as hereinafter described.

Whatl regard as new set forth in the claims.

In the drawings,-F.igure 1 is an elevation of my improved machine; and Fig. 2 is a ,central verticalvvesection thereof.

My improved machine belongs to the type of potato peelers in which .thepeeling is removed by agitating the potatoes in contact The best maso far las I, amaware, comprises a cylinn matter adapted to abrade the surface of the otatoes and remove the peeling therefrom. Irovision `is also made for the escape of water which carries with it the ground ofi' peelings.

While this general construction has proven quite satisfactory in practice so far as the removal of the peelings is concerned, devices of this character as heretofore constructed have been quite unsatisfactory because they have been short-lived, the abrading surface Wearing out quickly, and owing to its being secured to the inner surface of the metallic shell or cylinder it disintegrates rapidly and destroys the eflicieney of the apparatus.

lM improved peeler is in many respects similar in construction to that above described, but differs therefrom in the important respect that instead of making the cylinder or receptacleof cast-iron :and providing it with an abrading surface attached thereto,l I provide the receptacle with a wall formed of a self-sustaining mass composed of distinct flinty particles of abrasive material and a bonding agent consisting of a softer cementitious material, and .in the best embodiment of my invention I make the re- -ceptacle throughout of such material. In

like manner the bottom-plate is com-posed of the same composition, so that the abrasive surfaces last as long as ythe machine lasts. As the cylinder or receptacle and bottom-plate maybe made of any desired thickness it will be apparent that my improved machine is made practically indestructible through wear.

.So far as I am aware, no one has heretofore proposed to rovide a potato peeling machine with a wal formed f a self-sus taining mass composed of `distinct linty particles of abrasive material and aA bonding agent consisting of a softer .cementitious material or a receptacle for the articles to be operated upon composed throughout of suchJ material, and this constitutes thesalient feature of my present invention.

n Referring to the drawings for a description of the embodiment of my invention therein shown,--3 indicates the cylindrical receptacle, in which the potatoes oi` other articles are placed. As shown in Fig. 2,

said receptacle is an upright cylinder, the

walls of which are made of abrasive material which, as above explained, is composed of comminuted flint or other suitable hard substance mixed with cement. By this construction the lwalls of the receptacle are made self-sustaining, and as the cement is softer than the flint or other abradant used and conse uently wears away more quickly, the abradlng surface is always effective. Moreover, the machine is practically indestructible through wear, Ias the walls may be made of an desired thickness and will be effective su stantially until the wall is completely worn away.

4 indicates the bottom of the apparatus. which is integral with the cylindrical portion 3 and is made of the same material As shown Iin -Fig. 2, the upper surfacev of the bottom 4 Ais lnclined in opposite directions toward outlets 5-6throu rh which water and peelings are discharged',5 as here inafter described.

Patenteanug. 13, 1912. 

